Trousers-supporter.



No. 859,436. PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. CRAWFORD, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

TROUSERS-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed September 11, 1906. Serial No- 334,190.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. CRAWFORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Trousers- Supporters, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to certain improvements in trousers-supporters,and has for its object the construction of a device of this kind whichshall be of an inexpensive and simple nature, easily applied, and beunder the outer shirt, so that although it shall be connected with theordinary suspenders of every-day use, the suspenders or supporters willbe concealed by the shirt when the coat and vest are removed.

The invention consists in novel' features of construction andarrangement of parts of the improved trousers-supporter, whereby certainimportant advantages are obtained, and the device madein a simple, cheapand economical manner, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate this invention,Figure 1 is a perspective view with my improved trousers-supporter. Fig.2 is a section taken on the line, X, X, looking in direction of thearrows, showing one of the supporting devices in contact with thetrousers, suspenders and shirt. Fig. 3 is a plan of the supportingdevice as a. blank, before being formed into shape as a supporter, andwithout any holding button.

Similar letters refer to similar several parts in which parts throughoutthe A, is a belt of webbing or other suitable material,-

even metal may be used; B, shows the supporting device proper; O, showsthe suspenders; D, is the shirt; while E, shows the trousers in part; F,shows the ordinary button on the inside of trousers; G, is a buckle tofasten the belt together when worn; a, shows a hole in Fig. 3, for theshank of a button, I); while an enlarged opening in the support is shownas c, with d, for the key-hole part, in which the button, F, engages; a,is the over-lapping portion of B.

From the above description of the drawings, it will be seen that ablank, as shown in Fig. 3, having the recessed part, (I, with anenlarged opening, 0, and a hole, a, for a button, b, is made of metal orcelluloid, or some other equally desirable material, and this blank isformed into the supporter, B, by bending it, or otherwise forming itinto the shape of the supporter, as shown in Fig. 1, and marked there,B.

The two ends may be soldered together, or one of the ends closed overthe other, as shown at e, Fig. 2, or in case it is made of celluloid, ormaterial of a similar nature, they may be joined by celluloid cement,with or without the aid of heat, or they may be fastened together in anyother well-known way. On one side of the closed blank, B, should beplaced a button, I),

which may have a shank for passing through the hole, a, or it may befastened to the blank, B, by any other means. In place of a button, ahook may be used, but for most purposes a button will be found to bemore convenient. When the button is firmly attached to the blank, thispart of. the invention will be complete, and six of these completedblanks are then to be placed upon the belt, A, which is of a width toallow the blanks to slide on, but not to be loose enough to falltogether, should the belt containing them be held at a perpendicularposition.

While it seems more desirable to have the blanks, B, movable on thebelt, it is still desirable in some cases to have them fast thereto.

A buckle, G, or any other simple means of fastening the two endstogether, is attached thereto.

It will be found that the belt is now complete, and ready to wear. Toillustrate this, it will be only necessary to placethe belt around thebody, over the undershirt, the six blanks being in position; thesuspenders are passed over the shoulders, and attached to the blanks bymeans of the buttons, 6, the belt is buckled, and the over-shirt put on.The blanks are secured to the trousers by sliding the enlarged eyelet orrecessed portion, as shown by c and d, under the trousers buttons, F,carrying a portion of the shirt, D, with it, and covering the buttons,F, with the shirt portion. It will now be securely held in position, andwhen the coat and vest are removed, it causes the appearance of having ashirt or shirt-waist on, without suspenders being worn.

In the above has been shown a supporting belt, having six blanks orsupports, but, of course if only four were worn this invention providesfor it, for the reason that the number six is given as that numberusually forms the number of buttons used on trousers for suspenders.

.One of the great advantages of this invention is, that this supportercan be used with the usual commercial suspenders, although a specialsuspender, permanently attached to the supporter, would not beconsidered a departure from this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

The combination of a belt adapted to be worn under the shirt, ofsupporters, B, constructed to slide thereon, sa'id supporters formedwith open slots adapted to receive the inner buttons on the waist-bandof the trousers, and the interposed shirt, and furnished on their innerfaces with buttons for the attachment of the suspender-tabs, asspecified.

Signed at Newark, New Jersey, tember, 1906.

this fifth day of Sep- WILLIAM E. CRAWFORD. Witnesses CHARLES E. Srnnrs,O. M. Tnownnss.

